What is and what might be
They have much less in common than you might expect.
The key step in creating a better future is insisting that it not be based on the assumptions, grievances and dead ends of the past.
The future won't be perfect. We won't be perfect. But we can be kind. We can listen. We can give opportunity the benefit of the doubt.
The future won't always work. We won't always succeed. But we can be alert and seek out the possible instead of the predicted.
The future won't always be fair. But we can try. We can care. We can choose to connect.
It can be better if we let it.
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